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Subway Series A Ratings Hit

Published: June 19, 1997

The Yankees-Mets series has juiced up local television ratings. Tuesday's game on Channel 11 posted an 11.9 Nielsen rating, the highest for the station since a 14.5 for a Yankees-Red Sox game in September 1988. On SportsChannel, the game produced a 2.1 rating, a shade below the 2.2 for one of the Mets-Red Sox interleague games, but well above the season average.

Monday's game generated a 9.7 rating on Channel 9, the highest since a 1991 Mets-Pirates game that produced a 10.1 rating. On the MSG Network, the Mets' 6-0 victory recorded a 3.65 rating, 43 percent above the season average and the fifth-highest-rated game this season. An April 6, the Yankees-Oakland game produced a 4.13 rating, the highest for the season.